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1.5 Exercises<br />

TIE IT ALL TOGETHER<br />

Now that you have read this chapter, you should be able to underst<strong>and</strong> how a real advertis<strong>in</strong>g agency<br />

pitches a real client:<br />

<br />

You have been <strong>in</strong>troduced to Shephardson, Stern <strong>and</strong> Kam<strong>in</strong>sky (SS+K), a creatively-driven strategic<br />

communication firm, <strong>and</strong> their future client msnbc.com, a well-known media br<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> search of an<br />

identity.<br />

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<br />

<br />

You are able to identify SS+K’s dist<strong>in</strong>ctive communications approach called Asymmetric Communications.<br />

You are able to recognize the pitch process <strong>and</strong> the result<strong>in</strong>g request for proposal (RFP) SS+K used.<br />

You can recall that the objective of the SS+K pitch was to w<strong>in</strong> the msnbc.com account.<br />

USE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED<br />

1. As you have read <strong>in</strong> the chapter, SS+K is a multifaceted organization that specializes <strong>in</strong> help<strong>in</strong>g<br />

clients with their unique communication problems. Review the list<strong>in</strong>g of SS+K personnel. Once you<br />

have completed this review, l<strong>in</strong>k to the SS+K Web site http://www.ssk.comfor more <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

on the company.<br />

Agency Statement: “With offices <strong>in</strong> New York, Boston, <strong>and</strong> Los Angeles, SS+K has become a<br />

magnet for refugees <strong>and</strong> misfits from the most potent pillars of American society: politics,<br />

creative, enterta<strong>in</strong>ment, <strong>and</strong> technology. We believe that when smart, talented people from<br />

different backgrounds sit down to solve a problem, the solutions are bigger, more unpredictable<br />

<strong>and</strong> more effective. We believe it is more important to underst<strong>and</strong> your bus<strong>in</strong>ess issues, delve <strong>in</strong>to<br />

consumer <strong>in</strong>sights <strong>and</strong> work with you to f<strong>in</strong>d the best solution for the br<strong>and</strong> regardless of channel.<br />

At SS+K, we don’t care what media or discipl<strong>in</strong>e we use to solve a client’s problem; it’s about<br />

deliver<strong>in</strong>g the right message at the right time <strong>in</strong> the right medium.” [1]<br />

Us<strong>in</strong>g the SS+K Web site (or other search eng<strong>in</strong>es), review the agency’s past work.<br />

Carefully exam<strong>in</strong>e one of the follow<strong>in</strong>g campaigns that SS+K has created: the Lance Armstrong<br />

Foundation, Delta Airl<strong>in</strong>es, Qwest Communications, UNICEF, or the Bill & Mel<strong>in</strong>da Gates<br />

Foundation. Based on your review, comment on how SS+K seems to have applied its Asymmetric<br />

Communications model to the selected client’s communication problems. Try, if possible, to<br />

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books<br />

Saylor.org<br />

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